Jeremiah · Chapter 33

[ edit] And don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, þe ſecounde tyme, whan ȝit he was cloſid in þe porche of þe priſoun, ſeiende, Þeſe þingys ſeiþ þe Lord, þat is to make and to foorme it, and to greiþe, Lord þe name of hym; Crie to me, and Y ſhal ful out here þee, and Y ſhal telle to þee grete þingus, and faſte, þat þou woſt not. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord God of Irael to þe houſes of þis cite, and to þe houſes of þe king of Juda, þat ben deſtroȝed, and to þe ſtrengþingus, and to þe ſwerd of men comende, þat þei fiȝte wiþ þe Caldeis, and fulfille hem wiþ þe careynes of men, þe whiche Y ſmot in my wodneſſe, and in myn indignacioun; and Y hidde my face fro þis cite, for alle þe malice of hem.

Lo! Y ſhal cloſe aȝeen to þem þe wounde and helþe, and helen hem; and Y ſhal opene to þem þe lowely preȝyng of pes, and of treuþe; and turne þe turnyng of Juda, and turne þe turnyng of Jeruſalem, and Y ſhal bilde vp hem, as fro þe bigynnyng. And Y ſhal clenſe out hem fro þer wickedneſſe, in whiche þei ſynneden to me, and mercifull Y ſhal be to alle þe wickeneſſes of hem, in whiche þei treſpaſiden to me, and diſpiſiden me. And it ſhal be to me in to name, and in to ioȝe, and in to preiſing, and in to ful out ioȝing, to alle Jentiles of erþe, þat herden alle goodis þat Y am to do to þem; and þei ſhuln inwardly dreden, and ben diſturbid in alle goodus, and in alle pes, þat Y ſhal do to þem.

Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Ȝit ſhal ben herd in þis place, whom ȝee ſeyn to be deſert, for þi þat þer is not a man ne beſte in þe cites of Juda, and wiþouteforþ Jeruſalem, þat ben deſolat wiþoute man, and wiþoute dwellere, and wiþoute beſte, vois of ioȝe, and vois of gladneſſe, vois of man ſpouſe, and vois of womman ſpouſe, vois of men, ſeiende, Knoulecheþ to þe Lord of oſtus, for good þe Lord, for wiþoute ende his mercy, and of men berende vouwis in to þe hous of þe Lord; forſoþe Y ſhal bringe aȝeen þe turnyng of þe lond, as fro þe bigynnyng, ſeiþ þe Lord.

Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord of oſtus, Ȝit ſhal be in þis deſert place, wiþoute man and wiþoute beſte, and in alle his cites, a dwelling place of ſhepperdus, of liggende flockus. And in þe mountewous cites, and in þe feldi cites, and in þe cites þat at þe ſouþ ben, and in þe lond of Beniamyn, and in þe cumpas of Jeruſalem, and in þe cites of Juda, ȝit ſhul paſſe flockes, at þe hond of þe noumbrere, ſeiþ þe Lord. Lo! daȝes comen, ſeiþ þe Lord, and Y ſhal rere a good wrd, þat Y ſpac to þe hous of Irael, and to þe hous of Juda. In þo daȝes, and in þat tyme, to buriowne Y ſhall make Dauid, a buriownyng of riȝtwiſneſſe; and he ſhal do dom and riȝtwiſneſſe in þe lond.

In þo daȝes ſhal be ſaued Juda, and Irael ſhal dwelle troſtili; and þis is þe name þat þey ſhul clepen hym, Þe Lord oure riȝtwis. For þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Dien ſhal not of Dauid a man, þat ſit vp on þe trone of þe hous of Irael; and of þe preſtus and Leuytus ſhal not die a man fro my face, þat offreþ brent ſacrifices, and brenne ſacrifiſe, and ſle victorie ſacrifiſe alle daȝes.

And don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, ſeiende, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Yf voide mai be mad my couenaunt wiþ dai, and my couenaunt wiþ nyȝt, þat þer be not dai and nyȝt in his tyme; and my couenaunt voide ſhal moun be wiþ Dauid, my ſeruaunt, þat þer be not of hym a ſone, þat regne in his trone, and Leuytus, and preſtus, my ſeruauns; as noumbred out moun not be þe ſterres of heuene, and meſured þe grauel of þe ſe, ſo Y ſhal multeplie þe ſed of Dauid, my ſeruaunt, and Leuytus, my ſeruauntys.

And don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, Wheþer þou haue not ſeen, þat þis puple ſpac, ſeyende, Two kinredus þat þe Lord hadde choſe, ben caſt awei, and my puple þei diſpiſeden, for þi þat þer is no more a folc of kinde biforn hem. Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, If my couenaunt betwe dai and nyȝt, and lawes to heuene and erþe Y ſette not; forſoþe and þe ſed of Jacob and of Dauid, my ſeruaunt, Y ſhal þrowe aferr, þat Y take not of his ſed princes, of þe ſed of Abraham, Iſaac, and of Jacob; I ſhal bringe forſoþe aȝeen þe turnyng of hem, and han mercy to þem.